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TALLAHASSEE -- After months of dodging questions about climate change, Gov. Rick Scott met today with a panel of climate scientists who have been trying to brief him on the human influence on global warming.

Then he quickly left the office without answering any questions.

The scientists were Jeffrey Chanton of Florida State University, David Hastings of Eckerd College, and Ben Kirtman, John Van Leer and Harold Wanless of the University of Miami.

They detailed the potential impact of rising sea levels on South Florida, where the data on climate change comes from, the...

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